Cast-off for suspenders.



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V F. B. SWEET.

CAST-OFF FOR SUSPENDERS.

(Application filed July 8, 1902.)

Patented .De'c. I6, 1902.

(No Model.)

NITED TATES FRANK B. SIVEET, OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS.

CAST-OFF FOR SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 71$,141, datedDecember 16, 1902.

' Application filed July 3,1902. Serial No. 114,235. (No model.)

e To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK B. SWEET, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Lawrence, in the county of Douglas and State ofKansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cast-Ofisfor Suspenders, of which the following is such a full,

clear, and exact description as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

This invention has particular reference to cast ofis for suspenders, andaims to provide a device by which any form of end may be attached tosuspenders having a slide or return buckle and which may be readilyattached or detached by the wearer when desired, but cannot beaccidentally detached.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as will behereinafter first fully described, and then specifically pointed out inthe claim.

In the drawings just mentioned, Figure 1 is a front elevation of aportion of a suspenders provided with my improvement, and Fig. 2 is anedge view of the same.

The body-straps of the suspenders A may be of any material now commonlyemployed in the manufacture of these articles and are doubled onthemselves at their front ends in the usual manner to be attached to anordinary return slide-buckle B, as shown. Within the loop thus formed Isupport an eye or hook 0, consisting of a single strip of wire havingits ends inserted between the folds of the suspenders, and thencedepending below the same. From the supporting-arms formed by its endsthe wire converges sharply downward, and after its branches D meet theyare bent outward or forward and then upward and backward, as shown at E,to form a hook,

companying drawings, that I have provided a very simple device by whichany form of suspender-end may be attached to the webbing and by whichwhen the suspenders are worn disengagement of the main body of thesuspenders and the ends is effectually prevented. It will be readilyunderstood on reference to the drawings that in order to engage ordisengage the ring from the hook it is necessary to firstturn' the ringinto a horizontal position and then slip it over the end of the hookwhile in that position. Obviously, then, the ring cannot be accidentallydisengaged from the hook when the suspenders are worn, as the body ofthe wearer serves as a closure for the end of the hook and the upperexpanded portion of the hook itself extends over the ring and preventsit rising so far as to be disengaged. Furthermore, the arms D convergeso sharply as to meet but a very slight distance below the end of thebodystrap, so that the space between the expanded end H of the cast-offandthe bight or end of the body-strap is just sufficient to permit thepassage of the ring F when the same is in a horizontal position, and thepull or weight on the Suspender-end prevents the riugassuming thatposition while the suspenders are worn. It is also to be noted thatinasmuch as the arms D converge sharply there is provided sufficientspace on the sides of the hook for the admission of a wide ring, so thatno special form of ring or loop is necessary for the attachment of theSuspender-ends.

I am aware that hook-and-eye fasteners for garments have been heretoforeconstructed with the hooks bent to such an extent as to substantiallyencircle the shoulder of the eye, and I make no claim to such devices. Iam also aware that Wire hooks formed in a single integral structure havebeen heretofore employed to connect suspender-ends with the body-straps;but I make no broad claim to such a device.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

A cast-off for suspenders, having return slide-buckles, consisting of asingleintegral structure presenting supporting arms entering the bightof the suspenders body-straps, side arms converging sharply downwardfrom the outer ends of the supporting-arms and specification in thepresence of two subscribmeeting at a point below and close to the ingwitnesses.

body-straps, and a hook extending from said meeting point forward,upward and then I FRANK SWEET 5 backward beyond the plane of said sidearms, the end of the hook being laterally expanded. In testimony whereofI have signed this Witnesses:

A. V. SHARPE, I. D. STEWART.

